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I did mean Jackson, because he has trouble covering slot receivers. His cap savings is actually $4.5 million if cut. I have heard that they may consider moving him to safety, which I am fine with, and then cut Joseph instead.No, he meant Jackson, said the same thing in the Romo thread. I thought Jackson had been pretty good and a big part of a stellar secondary but I could be mistaken. Joseph is getting up there in age, was injured part of the season and played pretty poorly the rest, he seems a much more obvious cut. And I think you have to keep someone considering Johnson's injury and some team may throw a ton of money at Bouye we can't afford to match.
Cushing is interesting as a possible cut, he has obviously played well below his salary due to all those injuries (honestly can't find any metrics on the internet on how well he did this year, but I know 2015 was particularily bad) but you get the feeling the Texans brass love him and wouldn't even think of cutting him. Maybe with McKinney blossoming and taking over a lot of the defensive captain on the field duties they would actually consider moving on from Cushing but that would create a big hole that we would need to draft a LB'er to replace him.
Wilfork likely retires, but Reader filled in pretty well for him and his playing time grew over the season.
Romo is too expensive, old and injury prone IMO. If he can't stay healthy behind Dallas' line, how the hell will he stay healthy behind ours? I think we're basically ####ed as far as QB goes unless one of the top 3 rookies slips like Lynch did and we can get him. Although I don't think we would be interested in Watson who seems the most likely QB to be available later due to his inaccuracy issues. I don't like any of the FA QB options (Cutler, Kaep, etc.)
Knowing Rick Smith, we keep Cushing, Newton (who should be another cut after that bad injury), and Osweiler and they bring in another journeyman with a "competition" between Savage, the Journeyman and Os. Probably draft a Tackle with one of our first 3 picks but spend the first on something like a safety or a TE.
As for Romo, $14 million next year with no deferred money is not expensive. Yes, with Osweiller's $19 million, it means $33 million against the cap at QB, but if you can make it work against the cap this year why not? You are pretty much saying they are going to stay status quo at QB without Romo, which means they still suck at QB. I would rather they have the chance to have a real QB, if, by against all odds, he stays healthy. The nice part of his contract is if he does get hurt and is forced to retire, the Texans are not on the hook for any dead money. By 2018, they could cut Romo and Osweiller with only a $6 million cap hit and be ready to start over at QB.